Hanging window



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J. R. WHITNEY.

HANGING WINDOWS.

No. 331,466. Patente Dec. 1, 1885..

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J. R. WHITNEY.

HANGING. WINDOWS.

No. 331,466. Patented. Dec. 1, 1885..

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lUsiirsn Srarss JOHN R. WHITNEY, OF RADNOR, PENNSYLVAUA.

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SPECIFICIMILION forming part of Letters Patent Ho. 3313-3-56, datedDecember It 1.585.

Application filed August '20, 1885. Serial X0. 174,992.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. HITNEY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Radnor, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inHanging WVindows, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of windows, doors, panels, 820.,which are designed to swing sometimes from one side or edge andsometimes from the other. It is adapted to the ordinary doors of rooms,closets, wardrobes, &c., and to ordinary window-sash; but it isspecially intended to be applied to railroadcar windows, so that theymay safely be opened from either side, according to the directioninwhich the car is moving.

It consists of a combination of bolts endlevers so connected that by theact of withdrawing the bolts on one side'those on the opposite side aresecurely inserted into their sockets to form pintles or hinges, and bythe act of opening are securely locked in their places, all of which areconstructed as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front. view with part of the facing ofthe sash or door removed. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 1 20f Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section of analternate form of the connecting-levers B, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectionon the line 1 2 of Fig. 4;. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 3 4 of Fig.4. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 5 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a section ofone of the bolts A just above its point or end. Fig. 9 is a top view ofthe guiding and socket plates E and F. Fig. 10 is an alternate plan formoving the bolts A.

In my invention I place upon each side or edge of the sash or door thebolts A, so arranged that by one motion of a knob or han dle, II, theymay be simultaneously withdrawn from or inserted into their respectivesockets in the sill and lintel of the sash or door frame. Thesemovements may be effected by a rocking shaft, as shown on line 5 6, Fig.1, and in Fig. 7, or by a rack and pinion, as shown in Fig. 10, or byany other method in common use. These bolts thus arranged may beinserted into mortised recesses in the frame of the sash or door, asshown in Figs. 2 and 7 5 or (No model.)

they may be inclosed in suitable cases and at tached to either the inneror outer face of the frame. in providing their rounded and pointed endson one or more sides with flakes or lugs, as shown at a, Figs. 1 and 8.At each corner of the sash or door are placed the guiding-plates F.These are bored and slotted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 9, to correspond tothe shape of the bolts A, which they receive and guide. At each side ofthe sill and lintel of the sash or door frame are inserted thesocketplates F, bored and slotted to correspond with theguiiiling-plates IE. By this arrangementit will be readily seen thatwhen the bolts at one side are thrust through their guiding-plates Einto and through the socket-plates Fin the sill and lintel they willform pintles or hinges upon which the sash or door may turn, and whenthe opposite side s opened the ilukes or lugs a will pass beyond thesocket-plates F, as shown at a, Fig. 3, and f, Figs. 1 and 4, thussecurely locking these bolts so that they cannot be withdrawn until theopened side is again closed.

To connect the bolls so that the movement of those on one side shallaffect those on the opposite side, I use one or more connectinglevers,B, Fig. 1. These levers are pivoted in the center, and at each end aresecured to the bolts A by a linlrconnection, as shown at 0, Fig. 1; orthey may be forked at their ends and rest upon pins or lugs upon thebolts, as shown at d, Figs. 4, 5, and 6; or they may pass into and restin suitablyslotted hearings in the bolts A. These lovers, like thebolts, may be inserted into mortised recesses in the frame of the sashor door; or they may be inclosed in suitable cases and attached toeither the in side or outside face of the frame, as circumstances mayrequire. They may be used at both the upper and lower sides of the sash,or one alone may be used at either the upper or lower side, as may bepreferred.

With the bolts and levers thus constructed and connected, when the sashor door is closed and secured at both sides, the leversB will liehorizontally and the points of all the bolts A will be well insertedinto their respective sockets, F. If, then, it is desired to open thesash or door at either side,the knob or handle H on that side isturned,so as to withdraw the The peculiarity of these bolts consists gcorresponding bolts A from their sockets ,F in the sill and lintel. Theywill then occupy the positions shown by the dotted lines on theright-hand side of Fig. 1. At the same time, by means of theconnecting-links O, the levers B are made to change their positions to Band B, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 1, and the attached bolts onthe opposite sides are thus forced deeper into their sockets, so thattheir projecting fiukes or lugs a pass beyond the plates F into recessesin the plates or into cavities bored in the sill and lintel, as shownatf, Figs. 1 and 4. As the sash or door is then swung out from thefran1e,these flukes or lugs pass under the plates F, as shown by thedotted lines at a, Fig. 3, and the bolts are securely locked on thatside and cannot be withdrawn until the opened side is again closed. Atthe same time this locking effectually pro vents the bolts on the openedside from being jarred out of their places. Thus by this reciprocatingaction of the levers B the movement of the bolts on one side causes acorresponding movement, but in the opposite direction, of the bolts onthe opposite side, and it becomes impossible to open one side of thesash or door without at the same time securely hinging and locking theopposite side. I am thus enabled to hold the sash or door securely inits position at all tiines,and swing it out at either side wheneverrequired. In the case ofa railroad-car window, the distance to whicheither side may be opened can be controlled and regulated by anyordinary form of hooks, or sliding bars and latches, or thumbscrews.

In constructing the sash or door the two side edges should be roundedand .the frame correspondingly grooved, as shown.in Figs. 3 and 7, andthese grooves may be lined with felt or other soft substance, asdescribed in Patent No. 321,266, issued to me June 30, 1885.

In the case of railroad-car windows the sash may be also provided withshutters on the upper and lower edges, to shut into pockets in the silland lintel, and the sill and lintel may be widened and extended, so asto form continnous guard-rails, as described in said Patent No. 321,266.

I am aware that the use of bolts as pintles or hinges on each side of asash or door is not new, and also that pivoted levers are in common use.I therefore do not claim either separately as my invention; but

I claim 1. The combination, with a sash, door, pane1, &c., fitted to aninclosing-frame, of sliding bolts on opposite edges of said sash, door,panel, 850., all connected together by one or more connecting andpivoted levers, by which the movement of the bolts on one sidesimultaneously operate and control the movement of those on the oppositeside, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a sash, door,'panel, &c., fitted to aninclosing-frame, of bolts on opposite sides of said sash, door, panel,8m, the bolts on opposite sides being connected to move simultaneously,but in opposite directions, and provided at their ends or points withone or more projecting dukes or lugs, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a sash, door, panel, &c., fitted to aninclosing-frame, ofguidingplates E on each corner of said sash, door,panel, 850., and socket-plates F, said guiding and socket-plates beingbored and slotted to correspond with and to receive and guide the boltsand their projecting fiukes or lugs, sub stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN R. WVIIITNEY. Witnesses:

WVM. A. BEDDING,

S. SPENCER CHAPMAN.

